What Michael and Andrew are alluding to is it sounds like you have been given a solution to their problem by them, as is often the case. Dig in, get details on the work flow and processes and what is going on. Once you understand the problem and goals you are far more qualified to suggest a tech solution than they are.
For example you could just auto forward all the emails for this mailbox to an address they set up on their systems. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 5:39 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [Exchange] RE: Shared Mailbox with Outside Agencies I think you should get clarity on what they are trying to accomplish so that you can accurately assess the risks and determine the solutions. Regards, ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market… GPG: 860D 40A1 4DA5 3AE1 B052 8F9F 07A1 F9D6 A549 8842 Sent with Mixmax<https://mixmax.com/s/WMB47Rd39yDNPFfWo?utm_source=mixmax&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=signature_link&utm_content=sent_with_mixmax> [Image removed by sender.] On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 5:08 PM, Mayo, Bill bill.m...@pittcountync.gov<mailto:bill.m...@pittcountync.gov> wrote: To the best of my understanding, they just want people to be able to read/view what is in the mailbox. I do not believe they want them to be able to delete or reply to the messages, although I can see them changing their mind about the latter at least in the future. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 4:44 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [Exchange] RE: Shared Mailbox with Outside Agencies What do they want to DO? That’s an important question… From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Mayo, Bill Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 2:19 PM To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:exchange@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [Exchange] Shared Mailbox with Outside Agencies We have a request to have a mailbox setup that will allow outside agencies to access. From my perspective, creating accounts for these outside agencies is a non-starter. I know that there are some things you can do to allow external, anonymous access to a public folder, but I am not particularly crazy about going that route either. We are on Exchange 2010, hosted entirely at our site. I don’t think there are really any viable options here. Am I correct? If so, are there are any free/cheap 3rd party alternatives that folks have used for this and are happy with? Bill Mayo
